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2006Final results

2006 election for Iowa House District 61

Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa

Jo Oldson (D) won with 66.7% of the vote, defeating David Payer (R) by 33.4 points.

Jo OldsonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
66.7%7,893
David PayerRepublican
33.3%3,945
11,838 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 2006

Races before and after

EvenD+10.82000D+5.52002D+18.22004D+33.42006D+33.72008D+30.02010

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET